Historical landslides in Nicaragua-collection and analysis of data

Landslides

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-18

  Devoli, Graziella ^a   Morales, Alejandro ^b   Høeg, Kaare ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales   (Nicaragua)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Historical data; Landslides; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847079197     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-006-0048-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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